If you’ve ever felt like building a business and leading a team means carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders—this one’s for you.

I sat down with Chiara Airoldi, co-founder and COO of Cloove, to talk about what it really takes to scale a startup, lead a team, and delegate without turning into a control freak. Chiara shares her journey from working in startups to building her own business, how she raised €400,000 in pre-seed funding, and the biggest lessons she’s learned about leadership, delegation, and building a team that actually takes ownership.

If you’ve ever found yourself micromanaging, struggling to let go of tasks, or feeling stuck in the operational weeds, Chiara breaks down the mindset shifts and systems that make all the difference.

We dive into:

(04:11) Why Chiara left the corporate world and what drew her to startups
(05:59) Raising €400K in pre-seed funding—and the biggest challenges that came next
(06:46) The hardest part of leading a team (hint: it’s not what you think)
(08:54) The one system every founder needs to avoid becoming a bottleneck
(12:35) How to hire people who take initiative (without just throwing money at the problem)
(16:21) The real reason founders struggle to let go of tasks—and how to shift that
(20:19) How to stop sweating small mistakes and focus on what actually moves the needle
(26:19) Managing team mistakes without damaging trust or morale
(32:08) Why standardization is your best friend—and the tool that changed the game for Chiara
(36:30) How Chiara finds time for personal development while running a startup

Chiara keeps it real about the challenges of leadership and how she’s grown as a founder—plus, she shares some practical ways to step out of reaction mode and into high-performance leadership.

If you’re building a team, scaling a business, or just trying to survive startup chaos, this is a must-listen.

Listen now and let me know what resonated most.

Connect with Chiara: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiara-airoldi/

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About Emily:
Emily Rose Dallara supercharges teams and leaders using a nervous system first approach.

With over 10 years of experience scaling marketing teams as a CMO, globally in Web3, startups, and crypto, Emily combines her expertise as a growth advisor & leadership coach with nervous system and energy management tools to optimize team performance and leadership dynamics.

She’s also a qualified somatic practitioner, a baby DJ + dog mom.

Awards: Emily was voted a Top Woman of the Future 2022 and a Woman in Web 3 Changemaker by NEAR Foundation, 2023.

You know that list of things you want - new clients, dream house, the car, the trip, and how some people just seem to call them in effortlessly?
It’s not luck.
It’s not even strategy.

It’s regulation.

In this episode, I’m breaking down why you cannot manifest (or close deals, land clients, or hit the next level) if your nervous system is dysregulated.

I’ll share exactly how me and Antoine have manifested advisory roles, dream homes, a Tesla, and even trips to Asia, not from “working harder” but from doing the regulation work first.

Here’s what we’ll get into:
→ Why your body state is the foundation manifestation
→ How regulation unlocks actual capacity to take action on what you want
→ My personal process for getting regulated and into full embodied manifestation mode
→ Real-life examples of this working in both life and business

📍 Try my 3-step nervous system reset, the exact one I use before big pitches, decision-making, or manifesting anything.
👉 emilyrosedallara.com/reset

🔥 If you’re ready to regulate like this every day so you can run your business without burning yourself into the ground, join the waitlist of Align to Rise™, my 6-week nervous system reset for founders and CEOs.

🎯 DM me “ALIGN” on Instagram or head to emilyrosedallara.com/align-to-rise-waitlist to join.

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• FREE ENERGY BOOSTING TOOLS
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About Emily:
Emily Rose Dallara supercharges teams and leaders using a nervous system first approach.

With over 10 years of experience scaling marketing teams as a CMO, globally in Web3, startups, and crypto, Emily combines her expertise as a growth advisor & leadership coach with nervous system and energy management tools to optimize team performance and leadership dynamics.

She’s also a qualified somatic practitioner, a baby DJ + dog mom.

Awards: Emily was voted a Top Woman of the Future 2022 and a Woman in Web 3 Changemaker by NEAR Foundation, 2023.

If you’re still trying to “think” your way into high performance, this episode will change everything.

You can have the best strategy, team, and goals in the world.
But if your nervous system is in survival mode, none of it sticks.

In today’s episode, I’m breaking down:
→ Why mindset isn’t enough to stay consistent
→ What real performance looks like (it’s not cold plunges + 5am grinds)
→ How I personally shifted from stress-driven “doing” to embodied execution
→ And how regulating your nervous system unlocks the capacity to lead, deliver, and enjoy your life without the crash

I also share the exact reset I used this morning when I woke up feeling like sh*tand how 10 minutes later I was back in my zone and filming high-level content with ease. (No supplements or productivity hacks needed.)

This one’s for the founder, leader, or high-achiever who’s doing everything rightbut still feeling fried.

→ High performance doesn’t need to feel hard

🎁 Want the reset I used this morning?
Comment "RESET" and I’ll send you my 2-minute Nervous System Reset to follow along with.

💜 Doors to Align to Rise open soon
DM “ALIGN” to @emilyrosedallaracoach on Instagram and I’ll send you the private application link.

free resources for leaders & biz owners

• FREE ENERGY BOOSTING TOOLS
• NEED TO SUPERCHARGE YOUR BIZ? TAKE THE PERFORMANCE AUDIT

connect with me
- insta → / emilyrosedallaracoach
- linkedin → / emilyrosedallara

→ Sign up to my newsletter here to get exclusive content, tips and strategies that help you nail leadership, business and building a team. Direct to your inbox each week.

About Emily:
Emily Rose Dallara supercharges teams and leaders using a nervous system first approach.

With over 10 years of experience scaling marketing teams as a CMO, globally in Web3, startups, and crypto, Emily combines her expertise as a growth advisor & leadership coach with nervous system and energy management tools to optimize team performance and leadership dynamics.

She’s also a qualified somatic practitioner, a baby DJ + dog mom.

Awards: Emily was voted a Top Woman of the Future 2022 and a Woman in Web 3 Changemaker by NEAR Foundation, 2023.